Sink-strainer.



R E. REARDON.

SINK STRAINER. APPLICATION FILED MAR. 18, l9l5.

Patented July 11 ulna 555:5

ROBERT EDWIN REARDON, OF OTTAWA, ONTARIO, CANADA.

SINK-STRAINER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

4 Patented J uly'll, 1916.

Application filed March 18, 1915. Serial No.- 15,239.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ROBERT EDWIN REAR- DON, a subject of the King ofGreat Britain, and resident of the city of Ottawa, Province of Ontario,Dominion of Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inSink-Strainers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in sink strainers and the likeparticularly adapted for household use, and the objects of the inventionare to facilitate in collecting and removing all solid matter suspendedin the water which would be otherwise liable to clog, the waste pipe ofthe sink, to simplify the construction and cheapen the cost ofmanufacture, and generally to adapt the strainer to better perform thefunctions required of it.

The invention consists .essentially of the improved constructionparticularly described and' set forth in the following specification andaccompanying drawing forming part of the same.

In the drawing, Figure 1 is a plan view of the disk prior to flanging.Fig. ,2 is a plan view of the completed strainer. Fig. 3 is an enlargedsectional elevation of the same.

Like characters of reference refer to like parts in the severaldrawings.

Referring to the drawing, A represents the improved strainer whichprimarily consists of a paper or like disk 10 having a plurality ofserrations 11 around its periphery and being further provided with aplurality of orifices 13 through the center thereof. This disk is thenflanged as shown at 14 and provided with a concentric depression or well15 in the top.

To give rigidity to the completed strainer I preferably flute thesupporting flange 14, the said wardly on the depressed top toward theperforated center and terminating just short of the same. This straineris designed to be located in the corner of a sink or the like with theserrated flange 11 resting thereon and the water to be run into-the sinkisv flutings extending radially inemptied into the well 15 where thesolid matter is collected, while the liquid asses through the orificesl3 and finally drams off through the serration 14 in the flange to thewaste pipe. The function performed by the flutings in the top of thestrainer is to more readily run the liquid into the well 15 so thatthere is little or no liability of the solid matter lodging on the edgeofv the strainer and becoming inadvertently precipitated into the sink.Although this stralner is adapted to be made of paper, it willbeunderstood that other materials may be used with equal success.

As many changes could be made in the above construction and manyapparently widely different embodiments of my invention, within thescope of the claims, constructed without departing from the spirit orscope thereof, it is intended that all matter contained in theaccompanying specification and drawings. shall be interpreted asillustrative and not in a limiting sense.

What I claim as my invention is:

1. A self-contained paper garbage container and sink strainer,comprising a concave perforated dish portion and an integral supportingflange depending from the periphery thereof at an acute angle thereto,said supporting flange having an intersticed lower edge to drain thesink water 2. A self-contained paper garbage container and sinkstrainer, comprising a radially fluted concave perforated dish portionand an integral fluted supporting flange depending from the peripherythereof at an acute angle thereto, the flutings on said partsregistering at the point of juncture to strengthen the structure at thepoint of the angle, said supporting flange having a plurality ofinterstices at its lower edge to drain the sink water.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of twoWitnesses.

ROBERT EDWIN REARDON.

Witnesses RUSSELL S. SMART, PEARLE GARROW.

